Graveyard Hollow Premium Cupcake Kit

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Graveyard Hollow Premium Cupcake Kit scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (Corn Syrup Solids, Dextrin): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Artificial Flavors (Natural And Artificial Flavors (Milk, Soy)): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Alkalized Cocoa Powder, Natural Cocoa Liquor): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Cellulose Gum, Guar Gum, Gum Arabic): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin, Polysorbate 60. Candy Bones Ingredients: Glucose Powder): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.

Within Baking Mixes, this product is more processed than about 55% of the 5,176 products we've analyzed.

Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group Graveyard Hollow Premium Cupcake Kit's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

Other AdditivesUPF marker

In this product: Carnauba Wax, Shellac.

Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Sugar, Dextrose, Artificial Flavor. Graham Crumble Ingredients: Graham Cracker Crumbs (Enriched Flour [Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate {Vitamin B1}, Riboflavin {Vitamin B2}, Folic Acid], Invert Sugar, Whole Wheat Flour, Vegetable Oil [Soybean, Palm And Palm Kernel Oil], Contains 2% Or Less Of Baking Soda, Salt, Honey).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Vegetable Shortening ( [Contains One Or More Of The Following: Palm Oil And/Or Soybean Oil], Propylene Glycol Mono And Diesters, Mono And Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Citric Acid [Preservative]), Vegetable Shortening (Soybean Oil And Fully Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Palm Oil, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Leavening (Baking Soda, Monocalcium Phosphate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate). Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Modified Corn Starch.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Mono And Diglycerides With Citric Acid (Added As An Antioxidant).

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.

Anti-Caking AgentsProcessing indicator

In this product: Magnesium Stearate.

Common in powdered processed foods.

Natural ColorsProcessing indicator

In this product: Titanium Dioxide.

Natural sources but still indicate processing.